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ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 (OpenAI) was shut down on Oct 23, 2026; calls to it fail. OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-terra instead.

ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16

ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16 (OpenAI) was shut down on Oct 23, 2026; calls to it fail. OpenAI recommends gpt-5.6-terra instead.

Provider
OpenAI
Shutdown
Oct 23, 2026 (already shut down)
Announced
Apr 22, 2026
Replace with
gpt-5.6-terra
  • Fine-tuned models built on this base (IDs like 'ft:o4-mini-2025-04-16:org::id'). OpenAI writes them as 'ft-o4-mini-2025-04-16'.
  • Listed under 'Upcoming deprecations' on the page although the shutdown date is today/past.

Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations · report a wrong date

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$ npx dead-models